Western Balkans: EU blindspot on Russian propaganda

The shut-down of Serbia’s Tanjug news agency is helping Russia to promote anti-EU feeling in the Western Balkans. The agency stopped work at the end of November, letting go 180 staff.

“Fear peninsula”: How Russia closed down media freedom in Crimea

Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Tetiana Pechonchyk outlines the ways Russia has curtailed press freedom in Crimea Russia’s takeover of Crimea has been accompanied by an ongoing process that is shrinking the space for media and freedom of speech on the peninsula.

Italy Denies Blocking Sanctions against Russia

World media informed that Italy had opposed to extending anti-Russian sanctions by the EU. The first media to report this were news agencies ANSA, Reuters and RAI News, which claim to be informed by their diplomatic source in Brussels.

Dnipropetrovsk Football Club “Dnipro” denied information about the dissolution of the team

Ukrainian media reported on December 9 that the Dnipropetrovsk FC “Dnipro” may be disbanded because its main players are intending to leave.

5 Myths: Russia’s False ISIS Narrative In Syria

This article was originally published by the Institute for the Study of War and has been republished with permission.

Russia and Front National: Following the Money

With regard to Le Pen, Prokopenko corresponded with Konstantin Rykov, a Russian politician and influential media producer.

Lukashenka’s Regime Threatens Both Ukraine And NATO Countries

An article about the impact of propaganda on public opinion in Belarus written by the editor-in-chief of charter97.org Natallia Radzina has been published by the Ukrainian Center for Army, Conversion and…

Know your refutations: 5 myths that are used to promote Russia’s war in Ukraine

Throughout the crisis in Ukraine, Kremlin has spent countless millions of Russian taxpayer money to impose its narrative of the crisis on the West.

In Putin’s Russia, Ever More Attitudes and Actions Constitute ‘Anti-State Activity’

One of the most powerful and disturbing images in all of cinematography comes at the end of Costa-Gavras’ 1969 film, “Z.

Inoculated Against Russian Propaganda

Immediately following the harrowing terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, Russian pro-Kremlin media adjusted their rhetoric, abandoning their previous anti-Western and anti-U.S. vitriol even before the Kremlin spoke of a broad military alliance.